Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Movie #75 Double Take

This is a grab bag of a mockumentary.  It is like the director put different 200 topics in a hat and drew three out.  Then he was challenged to make a film connecting them.  The three he would have drawn in this case were Alfred Hitchcock, Folgers Coffee commercials and Cold War Politics.  I guess it was supposed to be a experiment in non-narrative film making.  Whatever it was supposed to be it flopped.

This movie is absolutely absurd.  There is no reason to punish yourself by watching this.  Consider this a favor.  I watched it so you don't have to.  I would rather stare at a strobe light for 90 minutes than watch this again.

If you have ever seen any of Guy Maddin's  films it is kind of like that minus a soul and the craftsmanship.  I give Double Take a 1/5 stars.  If you want check out the Trailer Park to see for yourself, but I warned you.

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